This is one of the best episodes of this series to date (which is to say, all of them). The ghosts were downright spooky, the mood was haunting. I’m impressed.
First, we see a bus full of ghosts who look like the stepped out of The Scream - only the ghosts may not have been ghosts, but they were people who had ghosts super-imposed on them or something. Then the house and shop are haunted by the captain of the plane who hangs out in the shadows. The faceless ghost is hanging around, as is Chuckles. Very cool.
The only complaint that I have is that Melinda doesn’t really seem very good at deciphering some of the clues. I mean really - she does do this regularly, right? How could she not figure out that the captain had died because he had frozen and the rest of the passengers were getting there, yet the plane was still in the air? I’nm not a golf fan, but has she never heard of Payne Stewart?
Next week’s season ender looks good, too, with a couple hundred ghosts milling around town. The only unresolved question is if Andrea’s brother is on the plane. My money is on “no”, but then if he isn’t, why would his watch have been having such problems with time?
I think Andrea is dead. Her car was hit by the plane, that’s why she showed up so fast after the crash at the store.
Ooo, good call. I didn’t even think of the possibility, but you may be right. Of course her brother wouldn’t have had the watch, since he hadn’t received it yet - Andrea would have had it, thus that’s when it stopped. Nice.
Why were all these clues so hard for Melinda to figure out? Several ideas come to mind: 1) in our Western society we are not well trained at all when it comes to dealing with spiritual events at all. 2) spiritual happenings can be either literal or metaphorical: does a dove represent a real dove? or does it represent “freedom”? 3) some foreshadowings are opportunities for us to change an outcome, while others are are warnings of events that are past the point of us being able to change them. 4) some foreshadowings are imminent, others are far off in the future. 5) some of the foreshadowings themselves are literal, others are metaphorical. 6) it can be very difficult trying to sort through all of the above while in the physical (vs. spiritual) realm. finally 7) her gift so far seems to have been able to see spirits, not see the future: she’s a medium more than a seer … at least, she has been until this episode? seeing spirits is one thing; putting together all the pieces of a cosmic puzzle is something totally different. but, like you said, very well written episode. even if i’m totally bummed that andrea was killed off. =(